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Dana Stabenow

Author of A Cold Day for Murder

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About the Author

Dana Stabenow is the author of the Kate Shugak series for Putnam/Berkley and the Liam Campbell Series for Dutton/Signet. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska. (Publisher Provided)
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Works by Dana Stabenow

A Cold Day for Murder (1992) 1,434 copies
Fire and Ice (1998) 672 copies
A Fatal Thaw (1993) 594 copies
Dead in the Water (1993) 585 copies
A Cold-Blooded Business (1994) 540 copies
A Deeper Sleep (2007) 528 copies
Midnight Come Again (2000) 526 copies
Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy (2004) — Editor — 524 copies
Play with Fire (1995) 523 copies
A Taint in the Blood (2004) 522 copies
Breakup (1997) 521 copies
A Fine and Bitter Snow (2002) 506 copies
Blood Will Tell (1996) 500 copies
A Grave Denied (2003) 496 copies
The Singing of the Dead (2001) 484 copies
Whisper to the Blood (2009) 448 copies
Killing Grounds (1998) 435 copies
Hunter's Moon (1999) 414 copies
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy (2008) — Editor & Contributor — 404 copies
Though Not Dead (2011) 376 copies
A Night Too Dark (2010) 365 copies
Blindfold Game (2005) 362 copies
So Sure of Death (1999) 346 copies
Restless in the Grave (2012) 338 copies
Nothing Gold Can Stay (2000) 332 copies
Better to Rest (2002) 328 copies
Prepared for Rage (2008) 299 copies
Bad Blood (2013) 294 copies
Second Star (1991) 214 copies
Less than a Treason (2017) 151 copies
No Fixed Line (2020) 131 copies
A Handful of Stars (1991) 88 copies
Red Planet Run (1995) 86 copies
Death of an Eye (2018) 79 copies
Not the Ones Dead (2023) 69 copies
Spoils of the Dead (2021) 60 copies
The Mysterious North (2002) — Editor — 45 copies
Wild Crimes: Stories of Mystery in the Wild (2004) — Editor & Contributor — 44 copies
Nooses Give (1994) 34 copies
Theft of an Idol (2022) 31 copies
Silk and Song (2016) 30 copies
Disappearance of a Scribe (2022) 28 copies
Any Taint of Vice (2012) 24 copies
Conspiracy (2011) 22 copies
Alaska Women Write: Living, Loving, and Laughing on the Last Frontier (2003) — Editor; Contributor — 19 copies
Wreck Rights (2004) 17 copies
Cherchez la Femme (2010) 13 copies
No Place Like Home (2011) 12 copies
On the Evidence (2011) 12 copies
Under the Influence (2001) 11 copies
The Land Beyond (2015) 10 copies
Missing, Presumed... (2011) 10 copies
The Perfect Gift (2011) 9 copies
A Woman's Work (2011) 7 copies
Cheechako (2011) 7 copies
Gold Fever (2011) 7 copies
Spoils of the dead (2021) 3 copies
Pod hladinou (2020) 2 copies
Siren Song (2011) 2 copies
The Eyak Interpreter (2011) 1 copy
Der Tod an der Angel. (1999) 1 copy

Associated Works

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (2008) — Contributor — 924 copies
A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2011) — Contributor — 535 copies
Inherit the Dead (2013) — Contributor — 290 copies
The Mysterious West (1994) — Contributor — 228 copies
The Monster's Corner (2011) — Contributor — 159 copies
Two of the Deadliest (2009) — Contributor — 156 copies
Star Colonies (2000) — Contributor — 51 copies
First Cases: New and Classic Tales of Detection (1999) — Contributor — 41 copies
And the Dying is Easy (2001) — Contributor — 31 copies

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Cleopatra is ruling Egypt; Cesar has returned to Rome; and a body is found in the Alexandra Harbour anchored down with concrete. When Tetisheri goes to investigate she finds many twists and turns and some complicated political shenanigans. I would read more in this series.
 
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wyvernfriend | 2 other reviews | Feb 5, 2024 |
(1992) Kate must try to figure out who the murderer of Lisa Getty was in the middle of a serial killer's spree. Turns out that her sister Lottie is the one and is tracked down to a trek up a mountain. In an unusual end, the killer is brought to justice by nature rather than our hero. Fitting end for the area the novel is set in.Publishers WeeklyStabenow's ( A Cold Day for Murder ) writing has matured in her second effort featuring native Alaskan sleuth Kate Shugak. The Alaskan terrain and native culture add texture--the narrative includes both a potlatch celebration and an avalanche. Spring brings not only a thaw to the Alaskan wilderness, but a mass murderer. Roger McAniff cracks along with the ice on the first day of spring and goes on a killing spree, murdering nine and wounding two others. Or so it seems until ballistics tests prove that one of the victims, Lisa Getty, was killed by a different rifle. Shugak's investigation reconstructs Getty's life, uncovering her promiscuity, drug-dealing and endangered species-poaching, but all those leads prove false. The investigation reintroduces readers to some of the most intriguing characters from Shugak's previous mystery, including wheelchair-bound black veteran Bobby Clark and Shugak's manipulative grandmother, Ekaterina. Meanwhile, the tension level rises when a park ranger is killed and Shugak herself is wounded by a sniper's rifle, and Stabenow succuessfully sustains the tension until the killer is found.… (more)
 
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derailer | 21 other reviews | Jan 25, 2024 |
(1992) A park ranger who wants to open up an Alaskan closed park to the public, disappears and the man who was sent to find him also disappears. Kate is brought in by the FBI as a local native to try to find the men. It leads her to the Lost Wife mine that belongs to a native neighbor who was violently opposed to the park plan. Turns out the ranger died accidentally in Abel's home, who then threw the ranger down a shaft of the mine. The man looking for him got too close to the truth, so Abel kills him and also puts him down the shaft. Kate figures all of this out only that it leads to Abel's suicide. Pretty good tale.Publishers WeeklyThis whodunit rides the crest of today's styles: a female detective, a remote locale and the conflict between the traditional way of life (in this case Aleut) and modern America. Detective Kate Shugak became the top investigator for the Anchorage District Attorney's Office. But after getting her throat cut while apprehending a child abuser, she has retired to the Park, 20 million acres of Alaskan wilderness, snow and eccentrics--yet the children's cries keep reverberating in her head. When a park ranger--a congressman's son--disappears, as does the investigator sent after him, the FBI and Shugak's old boss ask for her help. In the process Shugak gets shot at twice and readers get a guided tour of the local landmarks, including Shugak's manipulative grandmother's house in Niniltna (pop. 800) and Bernie's Roadhouse, site of a hilarious showdown between two drunken pipeline workers with a stolen 30-ton excavating machine and a helicopter-flying state trooper. Stabenow's ( Second Star ) tale lacks tension, and Shugak's unfocused anger at the world seems a bit forced, but overall this is an enjoyable and well-written yarn.… (more)
 
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derailer | 70 other reviews | Jan 25, 2024 |
Good collection of one perspective of criminal investigations
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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Favorited
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